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Provincial parks are managed provincially by Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture or the Department of Natural Resources. Under the New Brunswick Parks Act , provincial parks are protected from environmental encroachment, and mining, quarries and logging activities are prohibited, per amendments to the Act approved in June, 2014. [ 1 ]
The black-capped chickadee is the provincial bird of New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Maritime province within Canada, bordered by Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. Lying within the Appalachian Mountain range, the province is largely covered by temperate broadleaf ...
Mount Carleton Provincial Park, established in 1970, is the largest provincial park in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. It encompasses 174 square kilometres (67 sq mi) in the remote highlands of north-central New Brunswick. The park is a lesser-known gem of the Atlantic Canadian wilderness.
The property is owned by the Government of New Brunswick and operated by the Department of Tourism and Parks. Parlee Beach Provincial Park includes the following facilities: Parlee Beach, arguably the most popular beach in New Brunswick; a 190-site campground; a day-use picnic area; a restaurant; a canteen; change houses; showers; washrooms; a ...
Now a National Wildlife Area, the marshes are the site of two bird sanctuaries. The name Tantramar is derived from the Acadian French tintamarre, meaning 'din' or 'racket', a reference to the noisy flocks of birds which feed there. The Mi'kmaq, an Indigenous nation, historically inhabited the surrounding areas of the Tantramar Marshes.
Mactaquac Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park with an area of 5.25 square kilometres (2.03 sq mi). It is located on the Saint John River 15 kilometres west of Fredericton, New Brunswick in the community of Mactaquac. The park was created in the 1960s during the construction of the Mactaquac Dam.
New Brunswick Route 114 crosses and connects Route 1 to Fundy National Park, [37] [38] and is the primary route used by tourists coming from outside the province and country. In the past, this part of the road leading to the park has been described as having "embarrassing" conditions, filled with potholes and gashed pavement. [ 39 ]
Provincial and territorial parks are administered and funded by their respective governments. The province of Quebec's Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq) names its protected areas "national parks" (French: parc national). These are not part of the National Parks System administered by Parks Canada, other than ...